Understanding Influence in Leadership and Relationships
A person of influence understands others by empathizing with their perspectives and emotions. Through two poignant anecdotes involving a dog and a neighbor, the narrative explores the importance of perceiving and responding to the experiences and pain of those around us. The stories illustrate how environment, perceptions, and emotions can influence behavior, emphasizing the significance of understanding people to effectively lead and build relationships.
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TREM LEADERSHIP MONTH 5 THE PORTRAIT OF A THE PORTRAIT OF A PERSON INFLUENCE PERSON INFLUENCE A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE TREM CHURCH GROWTH 2020: A A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE PEOPLE
A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE Our loving family dog was nearing the end of his life and was in obvious distress. My father, wanting to help him, picked him up to put him in a little bed we had made for him. Our dog, who we had given many hours of loving care to, bit my father as he attempted to help him. How could he? I thought. Why? I couldn't understand it. I remember how for a short time, I didn't like him anymore. TREM CHURCH GROWTH 2020: A A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE PEOPLE
A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE Last week, I went to speak with a neighbor, someone with whom I had always enjoyed speaking with. When I knocked on the door, I was met with a scowl and harsh words. When the door was slammed in my face, I just stood there shocked, and in a rush, I was reminded of how my dog had bitten my father those 20 years ago or so. What brought that story back was that same brief feeling of betrayal. TREM CHURCH GROWTH 2020: A A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE PEOPLE
A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE Both stories taught me something the next day. When I got up in the morning and was told my dog had died, it became clear to me that he must have been in incredible pain. For him to have bitten, what he must have considered a family member, he could not have been himself. Much the same for story number 2 when I learned that the person's spouse had just left them. TREM CHURCH GROWTH 2020: A A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE PEOPLE
A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE This is where I point out that we are all creatures environments, of our perceptions and feelings. And all of those things can cause you to say, and do things that seem inexplicable to those not immersed in or having knowledge of, environment. of our the same TREM CHURCH GROWTH 2020: A A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE PEOPLE
A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE You might feel it important to express your ideas and feelings as a way of communicating with other people. What is more understand other people s thoughts, feelings, aspirations, behaviors, and the factors that inspire and motivate them. Prov 17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. TREM CHURCH GROWTH 2020: A A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE PEOPLE important is to attitudes,
A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE Why People Fail to Understand Others: 1. Fear. You fear what you don t understand. Common fears are focused on: Rejection. Not being given due credit. Being perceived as a threat or a trouble maker. Being seen as job security risk. What are the common areas of fear around you? TREM CHURCH GROWTH 2020: A A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE PEOPLE
A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE 2. Self-Centeredness. Instead of focusing on your own interests, you should see things from other people s perspective. This kind of commitment but also enables you to understand other people s points of view. Philip 2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. TREM CHURCH GROWTH 2020: A A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE PEOPLE attitude takes
A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE Failure to Appreciate Differences. Celebrate people s differences and unique qualities. Differences in talent, culture, & temperament may produce more stress, but they also result in synergy & relationships. richness of TREM CHURCH GROWTH 2020: A A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE PEOPLE
A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE 1 Cor 12:17-19 17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? TREM CHURCH GROWTH 2020: A A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE PEOPLE
A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE 4. Failure to Similarities. Everyone has sorrows, victories & problems. That enables you to relate to others who experience things similar to what you experience. Acknowledge hopes, fears, TREM CHURCH GROWTH 2020: A A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE PEOPLE
A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE 2 Cor 1:3-4 3. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4. Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. TREM CHURCH GROWTH 2020: A A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE PEOPLE
A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE If you desire influence others, understand them by: Possessing the other person s perspective. Demonstrating personal empathy. Having a positive attitude about people. to positively choose to TREM CHURCH GROWTH 2020: A A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE PEOPLE
A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE Heb 2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. -Hebrews 2:18 Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin. TREM CHURCH GROWTH 2020: A A PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PERSON OF INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE PEOPLE
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS
